old love revisited

Chapter 19: Nostalgia (1)
Four years later.

Rain, pouring down, lightning and thunder, light blue curtains fluttering in the air with the wind whizzing past the window, and the bean-heavy rain poured into the room through the broken glass.

Facing the window, on a small single bed, a young woman with long eyelashes was sleeping...

She obviously slept very restlessly, her long eyelashes were shaking constantly, fine beads of sweat leaked from her forehead, her hands were tightly grasping the edge of the bed, her body was slightly twisted.

"No, don't...don't come here...don't..." The sleeping woman kept babbling out such terrifying words in her dreams.

Suddenly, "Guan Hao!!" A beggar called out in her sleep, she got up, and instantly woke up from the nightmare.

"Ugh..."

Recalling the scene in the dream, she buried her head in her knees in pain, and wept wantonly.

After a long time, she gradually eased from the pain, and got up as before to wipe away the wet tears from the corners of her eyes. She got up and got out of bed.

There is still lightning and thunder outside the window...

As if she was already used to such a night, she went out of the window and closed the broken window. Although it was still raining, the wind was much less.

After a while, she walked into her humble bathroom.

Taking off her clothes, she turned on the shower...

The cold water poured down from her body, but she rubbed her body vigorously as if she didn't feel the coldness.

She was very thin, and rubbing so hard made her body look shaky, but she didn't relax because of this, rubbing every part of her body as if she had never washed herself clean.

Finally, when her whole body was rubbed red, she turned off the shower, but instead of walking out of the bathroom, she leaned against the cold wall of the bathroom, and finally slid down the wall slowly, her whole body Crying uncontrollably again...

It's bright day.

After the rain, the sun on the balcony looked particularly bright today.

Having changed into her business attire, she came out of the room and looked up at the sun in the sky, enjoying the warmth of standing under the sun.

Suddenly, her cell phone rang.

Seeing the number displayed on the phone screen, she smiled and pressed the answer button, "Siya."

"Miss Qu, I just got on the plane and I will be there in about eight hours. Are you ready to welcome me?"

"Oh, I'm just waiting for you to come, Qi Da supermodel."

"Okay, honey, come on, give me a kiss."

Facing the phone, she childishly made a kissing motion, "Huh?"

"Good boy, see you later."

At the end of the call, the smile on her face gradually dimmed from the bright one just now. Finally, she looked up at the sky, as if she had received positive energy, she gradually spread the smile on her face, turned and left resolutely.

As soon as Qu Ranran walked into the "Lee's" jewelry store, she saw her colleague Xiaokou struggling to wipe the floor.

After putting her things in the private cabinet, Qu Ranran asked her colleagues suspiciously, "Isn't there always a cleaning lady for mopping the floor?"

While mopping the floor, Xiao Kou breathed out breathlessly, "Didn't you notice that the counters on the third floor are busy today? The manager just said that today's floor must be clear, and the glass must be transparent."

Qu Ranran looked up to the second floor, and sure enough, she saw that the ladies at the counters on the second and third floors were already doing hygiene with a clear division of labor.

Qu Ranran asked again, "Is there any event today?"

"There is no activity, but there are important people coming." Xiaokou said.

"Big man?"

As if talking about what excited Xiaokou, she put down the mop and jumped to Qu Ranran, "Do you know who this big guy is?"

Qu Ranran shook her head lightly.

Xiao Kou spat out with a little shyness, "It's our president of Li Shi, Li Renjun."

"Heh, no wonder everyone is working so hard!"

"Of course, it's rare for Mr. Li to come to G City once. I didn't see him come to G City two years ago. It's said that he came to G City again this time because of a personal matter. It's really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"Look at how excited you are!" As if she wasn't very interested in this matter, Qu Ranran picked up the mop and wanted to follow suit.

Xiao Kou cutely made a face at Qu Ranran, "Okay, I know you're not interested in men, what a boring woman!"

"Heh." Qu Ranran smiled but said nothing.

Xiao Kou continued to be a nympho, "You have to know, the other two diamond kingpins are already married, and the only thing we can imagine now is Li Zong!"

The other two diamond bosses that Xiao Kou mentioned were actually Guan Hao, the president of the "Haotian" Group, and Lu Yuandong, the Shaodong of the "Tianrun" Group.

If these three people are ranked by wealth, Guan Hao, the president of the "Haotian" Group, is naturally better, because the business field involved in the "Haotian" Group is not a single one, while "Tianrun" and "Ricci" only focus on hotels. and jewelry, but it is the leader in these two fields.

Because these three people are business geniuses rumored by the outside world, the world has always put them together. As for the current relationship status of these three people, it is said that Guan Hao has completely faded out of everyone since his divorce from the famous ladies in T City four years ago. Because he is low-key, the outside world only knows that he seems to have a new girlfriend now, and the other "Tianrun" Shaodong has already married and married, so now only the president "Lishi" is single Li Renjun.

When there are so many "presidents" in the world but most of them are bald and old men with beer bellies, these three young and handsome presidents are naturally popular all over the world.

Qu Ranran smiled and said, "Don't be a nympho, get to work, or you should scold the manager!"

"Okay!"

seven hours later.

Xiao Kou beat her sore leg and complained in a low voice, "Why hasn't President Li come yet? I've been standing for almost a day, and my feet are numb!"

Qiao Ling, who has always maintained an elegant posture, glanced at Xiao Kou sideways, and said with contempt, "Is this the only patience you need to seduce Yuli?"

Xiao Kou muttered, "But her legs are really sore..."

Standing beside Xiaokou, Qu Ranran kept looking at the time with eager eyes.

Qiao Ling also glanced at Qu Ranran, frowning, "Ranran, you have always been the one who doesn't like men among us, why are you so anxious now?"

"No, I have a friend coming tonight. She is about to get off the plane. I'm afraid I won't be able to get off work in time to pick her up."

Xiaokou asked curiously, "What friend, boyfriend?"

Qiao Ling smiled and said, "They say they don't like men anymore, how could it be a boyfriend? It must be the model friend you often mentioned, right?"

"Ah."

"But I don't know when Mr. Li will come, my legs are really sore." Xiao Kou complained again.

Yes, Manager Luo ordered everyone to stand on both sides of the door of the store to greet Li Renjun. He didn't expect that this greeting would take another day, and he didn't even allow everyone to leave at lunch time, just because he was afraid that Li Renjun would come suddenly.

Qiao Ling said unhappily, "Koukou, look at the cabinet sisters around us, all of them have changed from delicate roses to beautiful flowers, as long as we persist for a while longer than them, and maintain the elegant and beautiful posture now , I don't believe that Lee will always see us."

As soon as Qiao Ling finished speaking, a serious voice of a mature woman came, "Everyone is muttering something in a low voice, Mr. Li will be here soon, please cheer me up."

When everyone saw the manager coming, they all cheered up in an instant.

Sister Luo scanned it in front of people, and finally stopped in front of Qu Ranran, frowning slightly, "Everyone knows to dress up well, why do you wear such light makeup?"

I don't know why, but in the entire counter, Sister Luo's care for Qu Ranran is particularly obvious.

But because Sister Luo treated all the cabinet sisters well, no one deliberately envied Qu Ranran.

Qu Ranran replied, "I'm usually like this too."

Sister Luo frowned, "At a young age, you don't like beauty just like older women, how will you marry in the future?"

"Ah."

"I noticed that you keep checking the time. What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"My friend came to see me, but we haven't finished get off work yet, so I'm afraid I won't be able to pick her up in time."

Sister Luo asked curiously, "Is that the friend you told me about?"

"Yes."

Sister Luo raised her hand to look at her watch, and suddenly said kindly, "It's almost time to get off work, so you go first, anyway, the others won't leave even if I let them go now."

"Really?" Qu Ranran's eyes were full of surprise.

"Go!"

Just as Qu Ranran was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly thought of something else, turned back, and said to Sister Luo in embarrassment and embarrassment, "That... manager, the clothes I borrowed from your daughter..."

"I've put it in your private locker."

Qu Ranran breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on her face, "Thank you, manager, thank you."

Going back to the staff lounge as quickly as possible to change, Qu Ranran happily lowered her head and walked through the cabinets.

Suddenly, bang...

When Qu Ranran was about to step over the threshold of the store, she bumped into a wall of meat without warning because she kept looking down at the road.

"Hmm..." Qu Ranran snorted in pain.

Just about to raise his eyes, he noticed the white shirt and elegant and expensive suit in front of him.

As if realizing something immediately, Qu Ranran suddenly raised her eyes. Sure enough, what she saw was a handsome male face. Almost immediately, Qu Ranran stepped aside, lowered her head and said in embarrassment, "Uh , I'm sorry, President Li."

Li Renjun has always been friendly and tolerant towards women, so at this moment, he didn't say anything, but just gave a soft "hmm".

Seeing this, Sister Luo hurried up, bent down and blamed herself, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I didn't manage the employees well."

"It's okay..." Li Renjun turned to look at Qu Ranran, "It's you, are you okay?"

Qu Ranran raised her head, shook her head lightly, "No, it's fine."

……

Li Renjun stared at Qu Ranran for a few seconds, then took a step and walked straight in.

Sister Luo flirted with Qu Ranran, and Qu Ranran left the store as quickly as possible.

When entering the elevator, Li Renjun suddenly asked Sister Luo who was following behind, "The lady at the counter just now, please let her come to see me later."

Sister Luo was stunned for a second, "Uh, Mr. Li, it's time to get off work. She said she was in a hurry, so I asked her to get off work first."

Li Renjun frowned slightly, as if in deep thought.

Sister Luo asked cautiously, "Mr. Li, did she just..."

Li Renjun said, "No, I just think she looks familiar." That's why I took a few more glances at her just now.

Sister Luo suddenly smiled, "Mr. Li, it's normal for you to think she looks familiar, because you've seen her before!"

"I've seen her?"

How could such an ordinary woman leave an impression in his heart?He is also curious.

Sister Luo explained, "Two years ago, Ran Ran came to our store to apply for a job as a teller. At that time, I heard that Ran Ran had gone to many jewelry stores to apply for a job as a teller, but they were all rejected. I wanted to reject her at first, but That day, Mr. Li, you happened to come to inspect the store like today, and when you saw that I declined her, you took a look at her resume, and for some reason, you kept her..."

In fact, this is also the reason why Sister Luo has always been so kind to Qu Ranran. After all, the woman who can make Li Renjun fancy is an absolute potential stock.

"Oh?" Li Renjun raised his eyebrows in surprise, "What's her name?"

"My surname is Qu, and my name is Qu Ranran."

"Qu Ranran?" Li Renjun thought for a moment, then smiled suddenly, "I know why I kept her."

Sister Luo was confused, but she didn't dare to ask more questions.

Qu Ranran ran home as fast as she could.

She put on exquisite makeup as before, but when Qu Ranran wanted to change into the dress that Sister Luo lent her, she unexpectedly discovered that what Sister Luo gave her was a brand new dress.

Qu Ranran originally knew that Sister Luo had a daughter who worked as a marketing director in a luxury brand store, so she wanted Sister Luo's daughter to borrow a dress from a luxury brand to try on, but she never thought that Sister Luo would buy it for her. Got a brand new one.

There was an unspeakable sourness and emotion in her heart, but because she didn't have much time, Qu Ranran hurriedly changed into a foreign dress.

After repeatedly taking photos in front of the mirror, and making sure that there were no major problems with her makeup and hairstyle, Qu Ranran walked out of the room carrying a bag from the second-hand market.

……

After taking a taxi, Qu Ranran went straight to the airport.

Coincidentally, Qi Siya just got off the plane when she arrived at the airport.

Noticing the beautiful and tall figure that stood out from the crowd from a distance, Qu Ranran waved and called, "Siya!!"

Qi Siya rushed towards Qu Ranran, "Ranran!"

"Well……"

Qu Ranran was immediately embraced by Qi Siya.

"Long time no see, do you know how much I miss you?" Leaning on Qu Ranran's shoulder, Qi Siya choked up as she spoke, her eyes under the sunglasses were filled with tears.

Qu Ranran's eyes were also red, "I miss you too..." God knows, in the past few years, every time she felt lonely and helpless, she would think of her.

Qi Siya lightly thumped Qu Ranran's arrow and complained, "Oh, you are heartless, every time I tell you you always say you are busy..."

Qu Ranran resisted the choking in her throat and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Siya, it's not that I don't want to see you, it's just that I don't want you to see me down and out.

"Okay, I won't cry anymore, I'm making people laugh here... Let's go, go back to your residence." Qi Siya laughed through her tears.

Qu Ranran held her friend's arm, "Uh, let's stay in a hotel tonight!"

"Okay!"

Qu Ranran was still thinking about how she should explain to Qi Siya why they were going to stay in a hotel tonight, but she didn't expect that Qi Siya didn't ask at the moment, which made Qu Ranran secretly heave a sigh of relief.

……

On the way back to the hotel, Qi Siya leaned on the back of the taxi seat full of wine and food, and vomited contentedly, "Ran Ran, do you know that I haven't eaten so full for a long time... Every time I follow the company, They told me not to eat this and that, and it made me feel like I was abusing myself by being a model!"

Qu Ranran chuckled, "So not everyone can be a supermodel!"

"It's good to be like you. After studying abroad for a few years, I joined the company as soon as I returned home after graduation. Now I'm still a senior executive of that company. It's great to be free."

"Ah……"

Only Qu Ranran knew how embarrassing her smile was at the moment.

More than ten minutes later, the two came to the hotel.

This hotel is the most high-end hotel in G City, and it is the best place for political and business celebrities to stay in G City.

The reason why Qu Ranran chose this hotel is that Qi Siya is now a supermodel, so she naturally needs to live in a hotel with an excellent environment and security, and on the other hand, she wants to let Qi Siya know that her life has been going on forever. It's the same as before, and I don't want Qi Siya to worry about her.

Of course, staying in this hotel for one night almost cost Qu Ranran half a year's living expenses.

The two walked into the hotel together. When Qu Ranran stood in front of the counter and reported the hotel room number to the counter lady, the counter lady couldn't help but look up at Qu Ranran, with a little surprise in her eyes.

The reason why the lady at the counter was so surprised was because Qu Ranran was very different from the outfit she wore when she came to the hotel to book a room a few days ago.

When I came here a few days ago, Qu Ranran didn't wear makeup, and she was wearing cheap clothes bought online on weekdays. Although she was a young and beautiful woman, she failed to impress the counter lady. At that time, the counter lady even suspected Qu Ranran Ran couldn't afford to live here at all. Later, when she saw Qu Ranran taking a stack of cash to pay, the counter lady was relieved, and at the same time remembered Qu Ranran, so she couldn't believe Qu Ranran in front of her.

Just changing into a noble and elegant dress, her innate elegance has already been brought out, coupled with her fair skin and delicate light makeup, she is already a rich and famous lady raised in a boudoir.

Qu Ranran asked, "Miss, are you okay?"

The counter lady came back to her senses, handed the room card to Qu Ranran, and said with a smile, "You two, please go this way, the waiter will go up with you."

"OK, thanks."

……

At eleven o'clock in the evening, after taking a bath, the two of them lay on the comfortable and soft big bed in the hotel in pajamas.

It's time for good friends to chat...

As if hesitating for a long time, Qi Siya asked in a low voice, "Ran Ran, you said you haven't had a boyfriend in the past few years, is it because you haven't let go of the past?"

Qu Ranran smiled calmly, "The past is nothing worth remembering for me, so why can't I let it go?"

Qi Siya sighed softly, "I don't know what happened between you and Guan Hao, but I really thought that you and him could go to the end!"

At that time, she was doing a fashion show abroad, and one day she saw that the newspaper was full of reports about the divorce between Guan Hao and Qu Ranran, and those reports all described in a slanderous way that Qu Ranran was abandoned by Guan Hao, which made it difficult for her to get married at that time. Qi Siya from abroad immediately wanted to kill her and return to her country...

But it was only after Qi Siya returned to China that she realized that Qu Ranran had gone abroad, and the two of them had no contact at all for the next year. It was not until three years ago that Qi Siya's emails to Qu Ranran received a reply. Only then did people get in touch.

"Let's let what has passed, it's just a small episode in my life." Qu Ranran replied very lightly, as if she had realized it after she was in extreme pain.

"I heard that he already has a fiancée and his career is flourishing. He must be living a very good life now!"

Qu Ranran was silent and did not speak.

Qi Siya suddenly asked, "Ran Ran, have you contacted me in the past four years? Or, did Guan Hao come to you?"

They were strangers who had never been in love before, and now they are living in two worlds, how could they still be in touch again?

Shrugging her shoulders as if needlessly, Qu Ranran replied truthfully, "It's meaningless to say these things...don't just talk about me, talk about you!"

Qi Siya sighed at this moment, "Actually, I have also had troubles in the past few years..."

"You say, I listen."

"You know that I have been in a period of emptiness in my relationship for the past few years, but the last time I was in a catwalk in London, I met a very shameless man..."

……

Early the next morning, when Qu Ranran woke up from her sleep, she found that Qi Siya had already packed her things and left the hotel.

Knowing that Qi Siya was going to fly to G City early this morning to go to work, Qu Ranran was surprised that Qi Siya didn't say hello to her when she left.

Fearing that something might happen to Qi Siya, Qu Ranran picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table and wanted to call Qi Siya, but the moment she picked up the phone, she accidentally saw the note and a piece of paper left on the bedside table. Silver bank card.

With doubts, Qu Ranran picked up the note and opened it——

My dear, I'm sorry I left without telling you, because I know that once you wake up, I will miss you.

Thank you for your warm hospitality yesterday. I know how difficult it is for you now.

You know, I have been to City G two months ago...

(End of this chapter)